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Unmarried mother works 17 hours daily for 12 children

-- 2018-05-13 22:26:14

Deng Qiong has no time for marriage or romance, because she's busy being a "mother" of 12 orphans, reports Xinhua. Deng, 45, is the mother of No. 9 family in the SOS Children's Village in Urumqi, nor...

Ivanka, Kushner arrive in Israel for Jerusalem embassy opening

-- 2018-05-13 20:51:37

US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have arrived in Israel on Sunday ahead of the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem on Monday. The couple - both senio...

One family behind bombings on three churches in Indonesia  

-- 2018-05-13 19:17:17

Six members of one family were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in Indonesia's second city of Surabaya, police say. At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks, r...

Multiple blasts hit Afghan city, gun battle underway

-- 2018-05-13 15:37:54

A gun battle raged between Afghan security forces and a handful of militants following a series of explosions in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday that killed at least four people and wounded at...

Eight men get death penalty over IS attacks in Iran

-- 2018-05-13 14:06:36

An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced eight men to death over attacks that killed 18 people at the parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum last year, in the first deadly operation...

Heavy rainstorms claim 15 lives in Pakistan

-- 2018-05-13 12:26:28

Violent rainstorms in the northwest Pakistan have left at least 15 people dead and dozens others injured, officials in Pakistan say. Latif Khan, a senior disaster management official, says Sunday tha...

North Korea to dismantle nuclear bomb test site

Reuters 2018-05-13 12:09:10

North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear bomb test site for sometime between May 23 and 25 in order to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear tests, the country’s state media...

Malaysian cops raid Najib relatives’ luxury apartment

-- 2018-05-13 10:53:26

Police raided a deluxe Kuala Lumpur apartment block at which relatives of ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak had been staying as they searched for sensitive documents the new government fears may be ta...

Mahathir picks one-time foe as finance minister

-- 2018-05-13 10:47:47

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s finance minister, relatively unknown in international financial circles, is a man he threw into prison twice. Mahathir announced three top cabinet po...

Suicide bomb attacks kill nine in Indonesia

Reuters 2018-05-13 10:01:52

Suspected IS-inspired suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches, at least 9 dead Suicide bombers suspected to be from an Islamic State-inspired group killed at least nine people and wounded 40 in at...

Myanmar ethnic insurgent attack leaves 19 dead

-- 2018-05-12 15:00:47

Ethnic insurgents in Myanmar carried out a major attack near the main border gate with China early on Saturday, leaving 19 people, including four members of the security forces dead, a government spok...

Malaysia bars ex-PM Najib from travelling abroad

-- 2018-05-12 11:59:23

Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been banned from leaving the country, immigration officials say. This comes after Mr Najib said that he and his wife were planning to go on an overseas hol...

5.1 quake rattles Japan’s Nagano prefecture

-- 2018-05-12 10:35:19

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Japan’s Nagano prefecture on Saturday morning, said Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake that hit the region at 10:29am local time (012...

Macau tycoon gets four years in jail for bribing UN officials

-- 2018-05-12 10:25:40

Billionaire Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday after being found guilty last July of bribing two United Nations ambassadors to help him build a mul...

Scientists record largest wave in southern hemisphere

-- 2018-05-11 20:32:29

Scientists in New Zealand have documented what they believe is the largest wave ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. The 23.8m (78ft) wave was measured by a buoy on New Zealand's Campbell Island...

Iran condemns heaviest Israeli air strikes in Syria

-- 2018-05-11 20:27:28

Iran on Friday has backed Syria's "right to defend itself" after Israel launched strikes on what it said was Iranian military infrastructure inside Syria. In the first comments by Iran since Thursday...

Anwar Ibrahim to get royal pardon: Mahathir

-- 2018-05-11 19:32:59

Malaysia's king has agreed to pardon Anwar Ibrahim, a politician whose case has gripped national politics for two decades. Country's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad made the announcement at a new...

Cancer-stricken top Indian policeman kills himself

-- 2018-05-11 19:29:41

One of India's most senior police officials has killed himself in the western city of Mumbai, senior officials have confirmed.  Himanshu Roy, 55, who was the head of the anti-terrorism squad in...

Pakistan mulls reciprocal restrictions on US diplomats

-- 2018-05-11 17:12:12

Pakistan is considering imposing reciprocal restrictions on US diplomats after Washington announced that it would impose travel restrictions on Pakistani diplomats starting from Friday, the media repo...

Chinese bombers conduct drill around Taiwan

-- 2018-05-11 16:35:33

Bombers and fighter jets from China’s air force conducted encirclement drills around Taiwan on Friday, the latest round of increasingly frequent military manoeuvres near the self-ruled island th...

Philippines court removes chief justice

-- 2018-05-11 16:00:56

The Philippine Supreme Court voted on Friday to remove its top judge, whom President Rodrigo Duterte called an “enemy” for voting against controversial government proposals, citing violati...

Five of a family die in explosion in Pakistan

-- 2018-05-11 13:21:25

At least five people of one family were killed and two others injured after an explosion at a hotel in northwest Pakistan on Friday morning, police said. Peshawar city Police Chief Qazi Jamilur Reh...

Australian police find seven dead, including four children

-- 2018-05-11 11:24:25

Australian police found seven dead people on Friday, including four children, in a rural town in the Margaret River wine-growing region, and said guns were involved in the killings. The bodies of f...

Mahathir sworn in after shock comeback victory

-- 2018-05-10 21:12:00

Mahathir Mohamad has been sworn in as prime minister of Malaysia again after a shock election victory, 15 years after he stood down. Supporters waved flags and cheered outside the Istana Negara palac...

Trump-Kim meet on June 12

-- 2018-05-10 21:03:19

US President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June, he has said. In April, Mr Trump stunned the world by accepting an invitation to meet Mr Kim in an unpreced...

Malaysia likely to negotiate China deals, says Mahathir

-- 2018-05-10 18:17:32

Malaysia may renegotiate some deals with China, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday, just hours after his coalition clinched a stunning election win against the government of Najib...

Najib dubious of Mahathir succeeding him

Reuters 2018-05-10 13:01:25

Malaysia's Najib Razak appeared to raise doubt on Thursday that his mentor-turned-foe Mahathir Mohamad would succeed him as prime minister following the stunning defeat of his ruling coalition in the...

Thunderstorm claims 12 lives in northern India

-- 2018-05-10 12:17:25

Thunderstorm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours has left at least 12 people dead, said officials on Thursday. A disaster management official said, “While four pe...

Israel fires dozens of rockets into Syria

Reuters 2018-05-10 10:46:03

Israel launched dozens of rockets into Syria early on Thursday, destroying a radar installation and hitting an ammunitions dump, Syrian state media reported after Israel’s military said Iranian...

Mahathir scores shock election victory

Reuters 2018-05-10 09:58:44

Mahathir Mohamad, who pulled off a stunning general election win, will not be sworn in as the new prime minister of Malaysia on Thursday, a spokesman for the King’s palace said, but gave no reas...